Game combining jigsaw puzzle and quiz



M. C. GRACE GAME COMBINING JIGSAW PUZZLE AND QUIZ Filed Oct. 29, 1946ZABLH@ l z s 4 5 5 7 a 9 lo n l2 ls 14 l5 vs |1 la I9 2o 2| ze 2s 24 A252e 27 28 29 1 so al 32 sa a4 sa a5 a7 sa a9 4o 5| 52 5a 54 55 56 57 5a59 eo en e2 es e4 65 66 57 es a9 16 11 'la 73 '14 75 7e 77 '1a 79 ao 5|a2 as s4 85 sa, 87 aa a9 9o 9| 92 9a 94 95 9e 97 9a 99 loo W i; WW J 6SPORTS 7N \m. HIGH COMM/@avanzi 0F $5- 4 IO .9444 l 9|. CQ//WJOA/ 7705'mso f 92. MEE/V WAVE 94. eoPHEES 945. MAEl-SQII i 9g-6g f Y" 5 mam; mums\5|. om /f/cKo/zy 6 o MW 6 72. EEA 0F 6009 FEM/NS grwv/rvbo@ Milton ntf.Graw@ mma @www

Patented Sept. 6, 1949 GAMEGIVIBINIING JIGSAWPUZZLE AND QUIZMiltonwQyGmce, N ore-Queens, La

0ctcbev29, 194i?, SerialfNo. 7416*;462

IClaims This invention relates to a; game oi* thatitype which calls-for`cooperative, rather them me skil'lf, in the playing-.1 It. is hasedzon,aiiesaw puzzle in which the-position ofthepiecessdetermined through.the: instramerrtaitty of at Wquizf, thusradding totheedu-,catiomalavalue ofthefgame.

@me oftheoioj'ects of: the invention is to provideasi-game"emp1oyir1g-^coordinated elements including aigameboard, aA set;offjigsaw' puzzle-piecesandf a key card; the `facie ofthegamertroardhavingA ferent indicia distribotivety arranged indicated areas-wherespecific jigsaw pieceszhel-ongtthe key card" containing a; plurality ofprinted question-s, answers, pictures; orthe like. together with a clue;inf the form of an index" for: eaclfi libel-'11,. dif'- ferent for each.andi corresponding' to the indicia on the game board., 'The jigsaw,p'reces each; have aiov inscription complementarse-tothe respectiveinscriptions. on the leegr cards no clue directly reiatingtherrt to.time on the ze garmeibcard; so that'the players must: use the inteilectual ste-pl of" associating the inscription; on the piece With--the complementarse on the-key card;f iin ordertodiscover tire. whichmatchesthelocating index onthevgamefboarot Other objects' oftheinventionf, with appear as the following descriotiori ci* a pseferrediand pra@- ticaly embodiment thereof proceeds;

In. the drawing-Which accompanies.- anatv forms a` partof the toiflowinespec-iiicatiom. anshtlmcughsout the. figures off-whichtfxeisamemeiereoce chars actors have been. usectto denote idmficai? Meu-ree1 is a platA vtewroffthe'- hoard:

Figure 2 av pian View ofi-azjigsawpiece- Figuresl' 3f active'`v are miamcards;

Pleine Efisai fraememftafryrpian oi'a positivem afichegame bearer`several adjacent iis:- saw pieces in posit'onii' Figueres 6 is a;similar viewrstiowme: amm-isnt in which the ,ii'fzsamouzzie inf the.naggregate is coweredrby a picture everprint.

Referring,l now iti cir-:tait toolie--several; fitness, the numeral. Iirepresents: ai @niemandem-aterrabiy made of stiltmaterial: hav-ing aipianitorm suracel and;y having? printed theme-om im distnibuf tiverelation a inatteso of indicia, 2,e which inlttie examplesA show-n, islase 'es of. consecutivas mlm;- bers arranged in rows. .but Whichmay beletters. words. pictures.. ot other. characterso The. board tfulictionsl as asuoport. fora, jigsaw puzzaend the, indicia indicate butdo notd'eli'neaiie amas uponowhich specific jigsaw pieces belong',AIREM,- uiie 2. whichA shows a representative; 011843., of 'the jigsawpieces. itisiseen thatltheyd'c. net ,bear any index which directlyrelates, themitothe, indicia inscribed on the game board.

.iop,v the keycards;

Fig-ares tandilshow key: cards@ andA respectively, several of# which arepreferablyr employed. These preferably'refer to different subjects, eachbearizogf-a-` series of'printedffinformati-ve tems,k the aggregatenumber on all keyv cards: being'A notless than. the number of jigsawpieces. In the examples shown, one card listsfitemsunder the headofSports,-andthea other; item-s under the head of EfIistoryn5 rIlieyitems are in the formof a Series of quiz questions, andl each. isassociated with an adiacently-printed index 'la'. said indexescorresponding# to: indiciay 2f om the game ooarotV I'.

The jigsawp'eces 31 each has anA inscription printed' thereupon whichcomplements an item E Thus the word lacksonwon the-jigsaw-piece BinFigure 2 coordinates. with the phitase-` 01d Hickory on. the His-torykeyl card, andi"0ld Hickory the adjacent indexn 51 on thekey: car-d1.which relates to the corresponding index 51 on the gameboatd', so thatlby this chain ofassoci'atione, the proper. arear is located otr the gameboard for thel placing;V oi that particular jigsaw-piece.-

indicia 2 on the. board are preferablypiacerig approximately at thecentersf 0F the: areasf which they designate, and the jigsaw pieces; arepreferably provided with a. centrally located* marker which serves' as alguidecetrterinsf-the jigsaw piece wittrespect the area: ofthe-gameboardin which it'ieplaced.

From the above description it willibe understood thatetheplaver'must:perform an intellectua' step in correlating the inscription onf theji'esawpiece with' thet complementary itemi om keer cards. before he isable to discover the index or cluerthat Ieadetotheidienticaticn of? onthe; game lcardiwheres the: jigsaw belen se: It ob wiensmamme-complementary inscriptionson the jigsaw-pieces and` key are notrestrictedY to anyeldo'inonmation. mor. to: keine expressedbwverhailntext, butt especiali-x1` inv the case of youngT children,players may` beA in i'ici1-e--fcrrrt of related pictute's; of? objectsor`y events;

As a teatuse of especialy attractiveness, andy as ara-- actiune-titresYaid to the putti-ns together ci the puzzle, thei jigsaw. puzzle: in theyaggregate may have an over-print of a picturees shown at I0 inliigure,6,. ingaddition to the inscriptions ont the individualy pieces.K

Atypicalz example'of. how the game may be played is. described intheffoliowing rules.l

Ii there is more than one player, the key cards are divided' betweenthem. For example, suppose that players A and B are playing the game:A`se11ccts. the subject of History, and B the subject ofSports.* Each ofthen players takes the card= pertaining to the subject'.

All of the jigsaw pieces are placed in the center of the board or on atable, and the players, by examining the inscription on each jigsawpiece, attempt to distribute the pieces between themselves in such amanner that each player will have before him only those jigsaw pieceswhich carry inscriptions relating to the subject matter of his card. Forexample, "A picks up a jigsaw piece with the word Chandler upon it. Aassociates this inscription with baseball, and therefore, passes thisjigsaw piece to B who has the subject Sports The next piece A picks uphas the inscription Jackson upon it. He associates Jackson with History,and since he himself has this subject, he will retain this jigsaw piece.This procedure is followed by the players until all of the jigsaw pieces`have been classied and distributed to the players, with reference tothe subject selected by each. In cases in which the player is uncertainas to how a jigsaw piece should be classified as to subject matter, heconsults with the other player. After the pieces have been distributed,each player attempts to place each of the jigsaw pieces which has beendistributed to him in its proper place on the game board. This isaccomplished in the following manner.

A picks up one of his pieces on which the name Jackson appears. Heassociates Jackson with the subject of History so he refers to his cardon the subject of History After examining the questions contained on hiscard, he concludes that Jackson is properly associated with item OldHickory on his History card. Since the index adjacent Old Hickory is 27,A places this jigsaw piece on number 27 on the game board. which is itsproper place if he has made a correct judgment with regard to theselection of the complementary inscriptions on the jigsaw piece and keycard.

It will be found that if the jigsaw piece with the inscription Jacksonis properly placed, Ait will interlock with adjacent jigsaw pieces. vIiit is not correctly placed, it will not interlock with the adjacentpieces, and the player' should then review his judgment in associatingthe inscription on the piece with the inscription on the key card,consulting with his colleague, if necessary. lThe players may worktogether or alternately in building up this puzzle. The' game callsforcooperation, forbearance and mutual assistance, rather thancompetition. It can, of course, be played by one person who assumes allof the'key cards.

In the manufacture and 'sale of the' game, it is contemplated that asingle game board shall be standard for a plurality of dii-ferent jigsawpuzzles with complementary key cards, so that when one has purchased thegame, he may from time to time purchase additional different jigsawpuzzles with complementary key cards, the game to be played upon thesame board. In this way the expense of purchasing a new board each `timeis avoided, While in due course the players will have acquired a widefund of information upon various topics.

While I have in the above description'disclosed what I believe to be a`preferred and practical embodiment of the invention, it will beunderstood .by those skilled in the art that the details of constructionand arrangement of parts, as shown, are by way of example and not to beconstrued as limiting the scope of the invention.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. Game comprising a game board and a plurality of game pieces designedto be aggregately arranged on said game board in a predeterminedpattern, said game board having on its face distributively arrangedindicia designating areas upon which respective game pieces belong butunrelated directly to any indicia embodied in the game pieces, each ofsaid pieces bearing a different index unrelated to the indicia on thegame board, means providing a list of items, each item comprising anindex directly related to corresponding indicia on the game board and anindex directly related to an index on the game piece, whereby a playerdetermines where to place a game piece on the game board by matching theindex on said piece with the directly related index of said item,thereby discovering in said -item the index which relates directly to acorresponding index on said game board.

2. Game comprising a game board and a jigsaw puzzle including aplurality of jigsaw pieces designed to be put together upon said gameboard, said game board having on its face distributively arrangedindicia designating areas upon which respective jigsaw pieces belong butunrelated directly to any indicia embodied in the game pieces, each ofsaid pieces bearing a different index unrelated to the indicia on thegame board, means providing a list of items, each item comprising anindex directly related to corresponding indicia on the game board and anindex directly related to an index on the jigsaw piece, whereby a playerdetermines where to place a jigsaw piece on the game board by matchingthe index on said piece with the directly related index of said item,thereby discovering in said tem the index which relates directly to acorresponding index on said game board.

3. Game comprising a game board and a jigsaw puzzle including aplurality of jigsaw pieces, designed to be put together on said gameboard, said game board having on its face distributively arrangedindicia designating areas upon which respective jigsaw pieces belong butunrelated directly to any indicia embodied in the game pieces, saidjigsaw pieces each having an inscription conveying an idea, unrelated tothe indicia on the game board, means providing a list of items` saiditems each including an inscription conveying an idea and an indexdirectly related to an index on said game board, the inscriptions of theseveral items being complementary to the inscriptions on the severaljigsaw pieces, wherebyA a player determines where to place a jigsawpiece on the game board by matching the inscription on said piece withthe complementary inscription of an item, thereby discovering in saiditem the index which directly relates to a corresponding index on saidgame board.

4. G'ame comprising a game board and a jigsaw puzzle including aplurality of jigsaw pieces, designed to be put together upon said gameboard. said game board having on its face distributively arranged'indicia designating areas upon which respective jigsaw pieces belong butunrelated directly to any indicia embodied in the game pieces, saidjigsaw pieces each having an inscription conveying an idea, unrelated tothe indicia on the game board, the inscriptions on all the jigsawpieces, with respect to the ideas conveyed being related to severalsubjects, key cards each devoted to one subject, providing a list ofitems under that subject, said items each including an inscriptionconveying an idea and an index directly related to one of the indicia onsaid game board, the inscriptions of the several items REFERENCES CITEDThe following references are of record in the le of this patent:

Number FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain Sept. 23, 1935

